Body extremity temperature change monitoring system and method

A body extremity temperature change monitoring method comprising:

• an image data acquisition step of, by using an image data acquisition unit, acquiring body extremity image data that is image data of a body extremity including a hand and a foot;
• a segmented area segmentation step of, by using a segmented area generation unit, segmenting the body extremity image data according to a preset reference to generate two or more segmented areas;
• and
• a body extremity temperature map generation step of, by using a body extremity temperature map generation unit, generating a body extremity temperature map using temperature data for each of the segmented areas,
• wherein the body extremity is defined to include base parts having a palm and a foot sole, and branch parts having fingers and toes,
• wherein the segmented area generation step comprises identifying a type of the body extremity;
• and generating two or more segmented areas using the preset reference according to the type of the body extremity,
• wherein in the step of identifying the type of the body extremity, a boundary line for the body extremity is acquired using the body extremity image data, and, according to the preset reference, the type of the body extremity is classified into the hand or the foot by comparing the average length of the branch parts with the average length of the base parts.